Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 23, 1931
Place of Birth:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Barbara Barrie
Biography
Barbara Barrie (born Barbara Ann Berman, May 23, 1931) is an American actress of film, stage and television. She is also an accomplished author.
Her film breakthrough came in 1964 with her performance as Julie in the landmark film One Potato, Two Potato, for which she won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival. She is best known for her role as Evelyn Stoller in Breaking Away, which brought her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in 1979 and an Emmy Award nomination in 1981 when she reprised the role in the television series based on the film.
On television she is perhaps best known for her portrayal, between 1975 and 1978, of the wife of the namesake captain in the detective sitcom Barney Miller. Barrie also is known for her extensive work in the theatre, receiving a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical in 1971 for originating the role of Sarah in Stephen Sondheim's Company.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Things Like This | Portia Anthony |
| 2023 | The Magnificent Meyersons | Celeste |
| 2022 | Keeping Company with Sondheim | Self |
| 2020 | Significant Other | Helene Berman |
| 2018 | Above All Things | Maggie |
| 2013 | Six by Sondheim | Self (archive footage) |
| 2011 | Harvest | Yetta Monopoli |
| 2011 | Twelve Thirty | Eve |
| 2009 | The Six Wives of Henry Lefay | Mae |
| 2009 | Frame Of Mind | Thelma |
| 2004 | Second Best | Dorothea |
| 1999 | Judy Berlin | Sue Berlin |
| 1999 | 30 Days | Barbara Trainer |
| 1999 | $pent | Mrs. Walsh |
| 1998 | A Chance of Snow | Ruth Pulmer |
| 1997 | Hercules | Alcmene (voice) |
| 1994 | My Breast | Milly |
| 1993 | The Odd Couple: Together Again | Gloria Unger |
| 1992 | First Impressions | Anne Charney |
| 1990 | Guess Who's Coming for Christmas? | Delores |
| 1990 | Kojak: Flowers For Matty | Dora Mattingly |
| 1988 | After the Rain | Rachel Bonner |
| 1988 | My First Love | Ruth Waxman |
| 1988 | Winnie | Mrs. Drake |
| 1987 | End of the Line | Jean Haney |
| 1987 | Real Men | Mom Pirandello |
| 1986 | Vital Signs | Frances |
| 1985 | The Execution | Sophie Langbein |
| 1982 | Two of a Kind | Dottie Minor |
| 1982 | Not Just Another Affair | Martha Dawson |
| 1982 | Barefoot In the Park | Mrs. Banks |
| 1982 | Working | Schoolteacher |
| 1981 | The Children Nobody Wanted | Hanna |
| 1980 | Private Benjamin | Harriet Benjamin |
| 1980 | To Race the Wind | Mrs. Krents |
| 1979 | Breaking Away | Evelyn Stoller |
| 1979 | The Bell Jar | Jay Cee |
| 1978 | Child of Glass | Emily Armsworth |
| 1978 | Summer of My German Soldier | Mrs. Bergen |
| 1977 | Tell Me My Name | Emily McPhail |
| 1975 | For the Use of the Hall | Charlotte |
| 1972 | To Be Young, Gifted and Black | |
| 1971 | The Rank and File | |
| 1970 | Original Cast Album: Company | Self / Sarah |
| 1964 | One Potato, Two Potato | Julie Cullen Richards |
| 1963 | The Caretakers | Edna |
| 1956 | Giant | Mary Lou Decker |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Pushing Daisies | Mamma Jacobs |
| 2003 | Dead Like Me | Phyllis |
| 1999 | Once and Again | |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Paula Haggerty |
| 1998 | Hercules | Alcmene (voice) |
| 1996 | Suddenly Susan | Helen 'Nana' Keane |
| 1994 | Scarlett | |
| 1991 | The Commish | Ann Palmer |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Mrs. Bream |
| 1987 | thirtysomething | |
| 1987 | I'll Take Manhattan | Sarah Amberville |
| 1986 | Lovejoy | Miss Lillian |
| 1984 | Kate & Allie | |
| 1984 | Double Trouble | Margo Foster |
| 1983 | Reggie | Elizabeth Potter |
| 1982 | Family Ties | Aunt Rosemary |
| 1982 | Tucker's Witch | Ellen Hobbes |
| 1980 | Breaking Away | Evelyn Stohler |
| 1979 | Backstairs at the White House | Mamie Eisenhower |
| 1979 | Roots: The Next Generations | Dodie Brattle |
| 1977 | Lou Grant | |
| 1977 | 79 Park Avenue | Kaati Fludjicki |
| 1977 | Lou Grant | Edna Raines |
| 1975 | Barney Miller | Elizabeth Miller |
| 1975 | Bronk | |
| 1973 | Diana | Norma Brodnik |
| 1971 | McMillan & Wife | Emily Church |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Self |
| 1970 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Judith Chandler |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest |
| 1967 | Ironside | |
| 1967 | The Invaders | Gale Frazer |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Aiemee Rennick |
| 1963 | Mr. Novak | Mary Smith |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Laurel Catlan |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Ellen Beecher |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Dr. Jane Waterleigh |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Isabel Smith |
| 1961 | Ben Casey | |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Peggy Farrow |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Fran Helber |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Shirley Lowell |
| 1961 | Kraft Mystery Theatre | |
| 1960 | Route 66 | |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Liz Harmon |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Myra Russell |
| 1958 | Naked City | Rosalind Faber |
| 1958 | Naked City | Sarah Hinson |
| 1958 | Naked City | Marcia Kormack |
| 1957 | Decoy | Anne |
| 1957 | Decoy | Mrs. Foley |
| 1955 | Playwrights '56 | |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Emily Armsworth |
| 1951 | Love of Life | |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Maggie Correll |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre |